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To: RonF
"his criticisms of Israel seem to be balanced by criticisms of the Palestinian leadership"

Finding moral equivalency between the outright hatred and murder of the Palestinians and the efforts at self defense of the Israelis is truly abhorrent.

I grew up an Episcopalian, but if this guy is representative, and I think his being top bishop means he is, am glad no longer to be one. It's going to be very hard to convince me that the guy is not a leftist.

34 posted on 01/14/2003 11:49:23 AM PST by Sam Cree
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To: Sam Cree
I'm not going to try to convince you that this guy is not a leftist! I have no problem with Israeli self-defense, and self-defense against suicide/murderers requires radical efforts. But I think that there have been measures that they've taken that were beyond self-defense and have been counter-productive to peace. For example, bulldozing Arafat's compound around him only built up Arafat's image and allowed him to stay in power when it was starting to look as though he was losing influence. I think that both Sharon and Arafat talk peace but seek subjugation or annihilation of the other side.
36 posted on 01/14/2003 11:56:16 AM PST by RonF
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